Surgical treatment of Rathke cleft cysts in children

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1132-1137

  Zada, Gabriel ^a   Ditty, Benjamin ^a   McNatt, Sean A ^b   McComb, J Gordon ^a   Krieger, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrinopathy; Pediatric; Pituitary; Rathke cleft cyst; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELLA TURCICA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 68049087756     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000341873.20737.56     Document Type: Article

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